Pythagorean triple
Manisha
Lect. Maths,GSSS Town Hall, Asr
The Pythagorean theorem :
Perp2 + base2 = Hyp2
Lect. Maths,GSSS Town Hall, Asr
The Pythagorean theorem :
Perp2 + base2 = Hyp2
A triple is commonly written (a, b, c),
and a well-known example is (3, 4, 5).
a2 + b2 = c2
A primitive
Pythagorean triple is one in
which a, b and c are coprime.
A right triangle whose sides form a Pythagorean triple is called a Pythagorean triangle.
The name
is derived from the Pythagorean
theorem by famous mathematician Pythagoras , stating that every right
triangle has side lengths
satisfying the formula a2 + b2 = c2;
thus, Pythagorean triples describe the three integer side lengths of a right
triangle. However, right triangles with non-integer sides do not form
Pythagorean triples. For instance, the triangle with sides a = b = 1 and c = √2
is right, but (1, 1, √2) is not a Pythagorean triple because √2 is not an
integer. Moreover, 1 and √2 do not have an integer common multiple because √2
is irrational.
There are
16 primitive Pythagorean triples with c ≤ 100:
(3, 4, 5 )
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(5, 12, 13)
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(8, 15, 17)
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(7, 24, 25)
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(20, 21, 29)
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(12, 35, 37)
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( 9, 40, 41)
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(28, 45, 53)
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(11, 60, 61)
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(16, 63, 65)
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(33, 56, 65)
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(48, 55, 73)
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(13, 84, 85)
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(36, 77, 85)
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(39, 80, 89)
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(65, 72, 97)
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Note, for
example, that (6, 8, 10) is not a primitive Pythagorean triple, as it
is a multiple of (3, 4, 5). Each one of these low-c points forms one of the
more easily recognizable radiating lines in the scatter plot.
Additionally
these are all the primitive Pythagorean triples with 100 < c ≤ 300:
(20, 99, 101)
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(60, 91, 109)
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(15, 112, 113)
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(44, 117, 125)
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(88, 105, 137)
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(17, 144, 145)
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(24, 143, 145)
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(51, 140, 149)
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(85, 132, 157)
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(119, 120, 169)
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(52, 165, 173)
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(19, 180, 181)
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(57, 176, 185)
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(104, 153, 185)
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(95, 168, 193)
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(28, 195, 197)
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(84, 187, 205)
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(133, 156, 205)
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(21, 220, 221)
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(140, 171, 221)
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(60, 221, 229)
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(105, 208, 233)
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(120, 209, 241)
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(32, 255, 257)
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(23, 264, 265)
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(96, 247, 265)
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(69, 260, 269)
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(115, 252, 277)
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(160, 231, 281)
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(161, 240, 289)
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(68, 285, 293)
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